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A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’

This book launch speech was delivered today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in the 1970s, by Roger Fowler, whānau and fellow activists, at the...

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense...

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of struggle for justice

REVIEW: By David Robie The seeds of resistance and later community empowerment began in Tāmaki Makaurau in a humble...

Māori identity is not a political access pass: Why the recent delegation to Israel demands accountability

ANALYSIS: By Raewyn Kapa The recent trip by a group of Māori individuals to Israel -- publicly framed as...

‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits back after Netanyahu’s attacks during UN speech

COMMENTARY: By Brett Wilkins New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has hit back after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Caitlin Johnstone: It’s a genocide, but it’s also so much more than that

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The mass atrocity in Gaza is a genocide, obviously, and is an undisguised ethnic cleansing operation. But it’s also a lot more...

Eugene Doyle: Nagasaki now a celebration of Israeli genocide

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel’s key enablers, the G7, plus Australia and New Zealand, have succeeded in muscling Israel back onto the invite list for...

Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over global storm clouds

Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark warned activists and campaigners in a speech on the deck of the Greenpeace environmental flagship...

Caitlin Johnstone: The New York Times finally stops avoiding the g-word

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The New York Times has published an op-ed by a genocide scholar who says that he resisted acknowledging the truth of...

David Robie: New Zealand must do more for Pacific and confront nuclear powers

By Susana Suisuiki and Lydia Lewis The New Zealand government needs to do more for its Pacific Island neighbours and stand up to nuclear powers,...

Phil Twyford: Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995

MP Phil Twyford's speech while opening the Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995 exhibition at the Ellen Melville Centre today. By...